go off the handle



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go off the handle

To become uncontrollably angry; to lose control of one's temper. It's a shame the candidate allowed himself to go off the handle like that during the debate, as it undermines a lot of the really solid arguments he'd been making up to that point. I know you're upset, but there's no point going off the handle like that. It was just an honest mistake.
See also: handle, off

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Narcisa-Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Romanian
Hirune-Basque
JulijaYOO-lee-yah (Slovene)Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian
&Aelig;Thelred-Anglo-Saxon
Noor (1)NOOR (Arabic)Arabic, Urdu
Baak-Frisian